1952 ISSF World Shooting Championships

The 35th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events held in Oslo, Norway, in 1952, only weeks before the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] It was the only World Shooting Championship between 1912 and 2008 to be conducted in an Olympic year.

Medal count
Rank Country Total
1 United States83718
2  Switzerland76417
3 Norway64414
4 Sweden58619
5 Finland35412
6 Argentina1023
7 Canada0101
 Denmark0101
 Egypt0101
 Romania0101
11 Germany0011
 Italy0011
 Mexico0011

Rifle events
IndividualTeam
300 m Rifle Three positions
 August Hollenstein (SUI)1123   Switzerland5540
 Jorma Taitto (FIN)1121  Sweden5489
 Robert Buerchler (SUI)1121  Finland5481
300 m Rifle Prone position
 Kullervo Leskinen (FIN)392 No team competition
 Jorma Taitto (FIN)391
 Robert Buerchler (SUI)389
300 m Rifle Kneeling position
 Vilho Ylönen (FIN)381 No team competition
 Robert Buerchler (SUI)378
 Otto Horber (SUI)378
300 m Rifle Standing position
 Isac Erben (SWE)361 No team competition
 August Hollenstein (SUI)359
 Jorma Taitto (FIN)357
300 m Standard Rifle
 August Hollenstein (SUI)530   Switzerland2601
 Walther Fröstell (SWE)528  Sweden2591
 Arthur Jackson (USA)527  Norway2579
50 m Rifle Three positions
 Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR)1164   Switzerland5781
 Robert Buerchler (SUI)1162  Sweden5737
 Johan Hunæs (NOR)1160  Norway5722
50 m Rifle Prone position (60 shots)
 Arthur Jackson (USA)596  United States2364
 Verle Franklin Wright Jr. (USA)595  Norway2360
 Sven Dessle (SWE)594  Germany2349
50 m Rifle Prone position (40 shots)
 Arthur Jackson (USA)400   Switzerland1984
 Uffe Schultz Larsen (DEN)399  Norway1979
 Arthur Edwin Cook (USA)398  United States1979
50 m Rifle Kneeling position
 Sven Halinoja (FIN)393  Sweden1937
 Johan Hunæs (NOR)392   Switzerland1934
 Emmett Swanson (USA)392  Norway1927
50 m Rifle Standing position
 Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (NOR)382   Switzerland1873
 Max Lenz (SUI)378  Finland1836
 August Hollenstein (SUI)378  Sweden1835

Pistol events
IndividualTeam
50 m Pistol
 Torsten Ullman (SWE)558  Sweden2718
 Åke Lindblom (SWE)555   Switzerland2698
 Huelet Benner (USA)555  Finland2671
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
 Huelet Benner (USA)582  United States2304
 Penait Calcai (ROU)581  Finland2272
 Carlos Saenz Valiente (ARG)581  Argentina2264
25 m Center-Fire Pistol
 Harry Reeves (USA)579  United States2304
 Walter Walsh (USA)576  Sweden2234
 Huelet Benner (USA)576  Mexico2207

Shotgun events
IndividualTeam
Trap
 Pablo Grossi (ARG)287  Sweden754
 George Genereux (CAN)286  Egypt746
 Knut Holmqvist (SWE)286  Italy743
Skeet
 C. T. Edwinson (USA)150 No team competition
 Cecil Jones (USA)149
 Charles Michaelis (USA)148

Running target events
IndividualTeam
100 m Running Deer Double Shot
 John Larsen (NOR)206  Norway759
 Bengt Austrin (SWE)201  Finland744
 Karl Bokman (SWE)195  Sweden722
100 m Running Deer Single Shot
 John Larsen (NOR)210  Norway805
 Rolf Bergersen (NOR)209  Sweden797
 Karl Bokman (SWE)209  Finland777

References
  1. Farewell "Joe" Benner Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, Military Marksmanship Association
  • All WCH medallists (ISSF website), which incorrectly gives 1950 as the year of this competition
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